The Ottawa free trader., 1887-01-29


by increasing the cost Of his living, &e.,
&c. To assert these things is hut TO re.
state the issue between Us in multifOrm,
The bur In assumed by the professor 10 20
prope h'm--a most weighry burden-be-
in4 tie proof OF the improbAble, because
the untrue
lie says; The railroads sneud more for
iron, and f"r cars, and FIR engines than
they neeu 10 do' ana nave less to transport
because OF protection Hence, there are
fewer railroads ana higher freights," Is
This true' ANA II true' Is II demonsfrable9
VINO c"h tell no" Tree "aue "ould nave
affected the price ot railroad supp'iesP IL
""uiu oe Tue hefest the'ry ana gueeS
"o'h at oes'' but we u" KNOW no" pro
'ec.'o" mas ahee'eu 'hem' we know thas
uhuer II 'hey nave steadily laiien III pr,co
un''' no" 'hey cost aoou. :" per cent ~
"hal 'ney uiu III iooo unuer Tree uaoe
a''n ih"' laii'oaos nave less 10 Hahs
pors "ecause Vi pro'ec''"h 's nut uiefe as
risaF ,o raiIrnad. moro fr.,an, - nms
cbssed abroad tbar if monnr.otnrah a,
horay Give us q s,nc,o ton, t.nn o.
s,msr rin,oo m q Miss;ss;,ni s,aanho.,
and il vii, sutt;cs aver tho varv orno
ai.o ., H., .r,,o o,a mill o, am, !, t..
...oo ,a ,;,,o ,orn,,,,;,c
MS 'e""''''n '"'' "'.'o u',0 "o
'e".i '"A'o''o' a"u n'sie' ''o't "'' .''''
result '''!'' 'a''sie''esssu ie"'ou'nE ~ ,"'o
hsPo'n'a.'' IL '''r VI '.'e ,' '"l' "o
nave "u''' 'h''o '''''es v, '"'''',',' :" INV
iast zen years 'ii"n al 'ne ""'''' oo'''''
anu '''e i'I'nei ia'' 'n"' ''''sn'' arc 1--WE
mere 'l'a'i III any "'ne' 'p', up'i 'n7 "'o
i'aoie siooe' ine'o may oo s''A' ''"''"
OF lgnt ANU neat 'i'a' "ou'' oeA' 'ne eo'
me io'o o''o. may nave '.''o'.,." q"
aicneu'S 'n",' II appi'ou' "'u'' ''''u lar
roaos anu 'eouI' i'o'su u'' ,"''e' ''''' 'N'7
-an a'oleu'y Una. "ouiu oea' .ne 'y''',s
'na. oea'' 'ne "o'.u ou' p'"''''"t p'op'o
VIII NC io'n " ny 'ne experiment
1t was Wendell Phillips, believe, who
said there was nothing like a pointed fact
to let the wind out of bloated theory. Our
foreign commerce is the hobby and the
scandal the very nightmare of the free
trader. Its total is the total of our exports
and imports. 1t reached $GS7 100000 In
1860, the highest of any year before the
adoption of our present protective tariff
This, the Professor says, has been nearly
destroyed by protection. He says it "has
almost disappeared;" yet in 1888 our for
eign commerce amounted to $l,547,OOn,-
OO0 From 1855 to go, the last five years
of the "free trade tariff" our commerce
averaged $6l6,OO0,000 per year. From 1880
to '85, the last five years of protection, it
averaged 81 l,459,0OO,OOO per year, or just
1877 per cent greater than it was before it
disappeared" The simple, unvarnishet
truth is, that cur foreign commerce hsa
grown faster since 1860 under protection
than that of any other nation on earth, anS
our domestic commerce Is huhoFe" io"
greater than our 1oreign' me couinie'oo
OF England rose from Sl,oSoooo'oV0 IN
1861 to $500 'ooo,ooo IN looo' gam VI
81 per cent; that OF france from liS''
Ooo,0oo to $2oo',ooo'ooo' gain Oh OF pei
cent; ours from *6S''oooooo 10 Sl'ooo'
lOOOOOO, gain OF ll9 per cent In aoyears
of free trade, England's commerce incfeas
ed 81 per cent. In the same ~ years OF
protection, the commerce OF the United
States increased 1l9 per cent Still, the
Professor says, protection has ruined our
commerce. Pending the presidential To
7 controversy of 1876, and before the man
was seated who drew President Iildens
salary, my old friend, Father Wade, of our
city, declared that the republicans might
seat their man. OUT aooeu' " 'hey w. "
Will RUIN them. lepuoii0an way s'anu
Ing by replieo that they were "i'i'h 20
keep rite on oeih ruined Anu l. '0o'
protection mas ruiheo our coni'hel'e' All
"Wlllln 10 keep fite on oelh ruiheo'